Herschel Bernardi
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Herschel Bernardi (30 October 1923, New York City – 9 May 1986, Los Angeles, California) was an American film, Broadway, and television actor. He is best known for his starring roles on Broadway including Fiddler on the Roof (as Tevye), Zorba, and Bajour, but he also acted in many television shows, including Harbor Command and The Eleventh Hour (both with Wendell Corey), as well as State Trooper, Peter Gunn. He was the lead in the CBS sitcom Arnie. Bernardi wrote at least one script for Peter Gunn. In Arnie, he starred for two years as someone plucked from the loading dock of a flange company to become an executive. Originally, the character was to receive a $25,000 annual salary, which was very good in those days. But, national economic woes caused producers to substitute the figure of $20,000 per year before airing. Born into the Yiddish theatre, Bernardi was appearing on the stages of 2nd Avenue with his acting family before he could talk. In the 1930s, Bernardi appeared in the Yiddish films of Edgar G. Ulmer and was later among those actors who made the transition from Yiddish-speaking roles in film to American films. Bernardi was also in several notable films, including Irma La Douce, Love with the Proper Stranger and the 1976 film The Front, a film about blacklisting in the entertainment industry. Bernardi was the victim of blacklisting during the 1950s, as were several other performers and the screenwriter and director on that film. Bernardi was a noted voiceover artist and narrator with hundreds of films, commercials and cartoons to his credit and was the original voice of StarKist Tuna animated character, "Charlie the Tuna". Herschel Bernardi also had two minor record hits, 1967's "If I Were A Rich Man", reflecting his success as Tevye, and 1971's "Pencil Marks On The Wall". Description above from the Wikipedia article Herschel Bernardi, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: 30 October 1923 • Died: 09 May 1986
Played In
David and Goliath
Goliath (voice)
I-Man
Bogosian
Hail to the Chief
Helmut Luger
Murder, She Wrote
Avery Mendelsohn
Highway to Heaven
Almonds and Raisins
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
The Million Dollar Face
Nick Ravenna
$weepstake$
Meyer Bolinski
Actor
Nahum Favel Weissenfreund
The Front
Philip Sussman
Good Heavens
No Deposit, No Return
Sgt. Max Turner
The Story of Jacob and Joseph
Laban
Judgment: The Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
Journey Back to Oz
Woodenhead Pinto Stallion III (voice)
Sand Castles
Alexis
No Place to Run
Hyam Malsh
The Big Freeze
But I Don't Want to Get Married!
Walter Benjamin
Arnie
A Storm of Strangers: Jewish American
Narrator
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
A Hatful of Rain
John Pope, Sr.
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Self (uncredited)
The Honey Pot
Oscar Ludwig (uncredited) (scenes deleted)
The Odds Against
Narrator
Honey West
The Man from Button Willow
The Captain / Saloon Man#1 (voice)
Sean O'Casey: The Spirit of Ireland
Narrator (voice)
A Look Back at Crossbow
Narrator (uncredited) (voice)
Profiles in Courage
Gen. Daniel Sickles
Send Me No Flowers
TV Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
Hangman
Narrator
Love with the Proper Stranger
Dominick Rossini
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Joe Monti
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
McCarthy
Mr. Novak
Mr. Otis
Burke's Law
Kid McCoy
The Fugitive
Captain Ames
Grindl
Vacation Playhouse
Jerome P. Baggley
Irma la Douce
Inspector Lefevre
The Great Rights
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Sam Benedict
Insp. Tony Delgano
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
The George Raft Story
Sam
Dr. Kildare
Pico
Dr. Kildare
Nathan Agurski
Cain's Hundred
Louis Strode
A Cold Wind in August
Juley Franz
Route 66
Route 66
Gerald Ward
The Flintstones
Silky (uncredited) (voice)
The Flintstones
Doctor #1 (voice)
The Flintstones
Detective (voice)
The Flintstones
Agent (voice)
Checkmate
Ned Hazly
The Savage Eye
Kirk
1001 Arabian Nights
The Jinni of the Lamp (voice)
The Detectives
The Untouchables
Benno Fisk
The Untouchables
Julius Albert Vernon
Bonanza
Clarence Bolling
Murder by Contract
George
Kraft Music Hall
Naked City
Stanley Dorkner
Naked City
Gus Slate
Peter Gunn
Lieutenant Jacoby
Stakeout on Dope Street
Mr. Fennel
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Joe Sale
Harbor Command
The Walter Winchell File
State Trooper
Jake Carney
Tony Awards
Self - Nominee
Matinee Theater
Studio 57
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Eddie
The Red Skelton Show
Muggsy
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
Flying South
Wolf (voice) (uncredited)
The Singing Blacksmith
Yankel, as a boy
The Art of Being Nick
Nick's Grandfather